From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V15 #182 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Monday, July 26 2010 Volume 15 : Number 182 To unsubscribe: e-mail ecto-digest-request@smoe.org and put the word unsubscribe in the message body. Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: 1)Re: hungarian ectophilic music [neal copperman ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 01:55:17 -0600 From: neal copperman Subject: Re: 1)Re: hungarian ectophilic music I have seen Iva Bittova several times and she is a pretty amazing performer. Definitely on the outlandish side, but also definitely worth seeing. I believe she now lives in the US and that seeing her over here is not as difficult as it once once. I've actually seen her in New Mexico twice in the last 3 years. neal np: Samantha Crain songs from her web site. I love her voice. Definitely worth checking out. On Jul 24, 2010, at 2:20 PM, bill wrote: > 2) renaissance > > 1) Iva Bittova is Czech not Hungarian and is definitely on the > experimental side of ecto. But by all accounts she is amazing live and > is currently touring Czechoslavakia and will be off and on at least > through November. So that might be worth adding to the old itinerary. > 2) Had the great pleasure of seeing a reformed Renaissance (Annie > Haslem, Michael Dunford and several nonoriginal members) perform live > recently at a venue only a half hour from where I live! They have been > touring with Steve Hackett but added a couple of dates playing on > their > own right here in New England. I was surfing the web one night and > stumbled across this the night before tickets went on sale to the > general public. It wasn't even listed on their renaissancetouring site > yet! I scrambled to find who was going with me and managed to snag 2nd > row center seats at the relatively "cozy" Infinity Hall in Norfolk, > Ct. > The band was great and even Annie's incredible voice sounded as good > as > ever. If I closed my eyes I could have been transported back to my > (and > their) youth. They played all of their classic 70"s (a great decade > for > music) material and closed with a tremendous, long version of Ashes > are > Burning, just like the old days. They were thrilled with the audience > which was probably the most enthusiastic I have ever seen. My only > complaint was that they didn't play A Trip to the Fair despite many > requests from the crowd. They played a new song "The Mystic and the > Muse" which was well received. They indicated that the were writing > material for a new cd. I bought the 3 song ep but found the 2 other > new > songs disappointing. My reaction was the same to Annie's Live Under > Brazilian Skies cd which also was for sale after the show. At least I > left with the memories of an amazing concert and a pretty nice t-shirt > (yeah I was pretty enthusiastic at that point). > I've always said that Renaissance was my all time favorite progressive > rock band but I'm starting to rethink the need to include the words > progressive and rock in that sentence. In an unprecedentedly (for me) > busy summer i've already seen Robyn Hitchcock, the Feelies (who > reformed > two years ago and never got around to telling me! thank you wpkn for > concert calendars) and the Hot Club of Cowtown; but this was easily my > favorite. And that is high praise indeed. > > np:Renaissance- The Mystic and the Muse ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V15 #182 ***************************